Nelson DeMille has signed a six book deal with Simon & Schuster. The bestselling author, who was at Hachette, will release his first book with S&S in 2017. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster will publish a novel inspired by the true story of Simon, the ship cat on HMS Amethyst, written by Lynne Barrett-Lee. Assistant editor Carla Josephson made her first acquisition buying World rights to Able Seacat Simon from Andrew Lownie at the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Networking often feels like using people as a means to an end. A better strategy is to lead with giving rather than taking.Networking can, at times, feel downright slimy. How many times have you dragged yourself to a conference or a business mixer only to be confronted by a guy with slick hair... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster’s group sales, marketing and publicity director James Horobin is to leave the company at the end of this week. The publisher said Horobin, who joined the company in 2010, intended to “seek challenges in his career outside of Simon & Schuster.” His departure is the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press is to publish the memoir of Chrissie Hynde, frontwoman of The Pretenders, acquired in a “major deal”. Publisher and deputy m.d. Jake Lingwood bought world English and translation rights, excluding North America, while Gerry Howard, v.p., executive editor at Doubleday, Penguin Random... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaigns promoting humorous safety tips for children, a book by astronaut Chris Hadfield and a guide to getting the style and attitude of Parisian women won big at the Book Marketing Society’s Best Campaign meeting for the Christmas season. The meeting was held at Simon & Schuster’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has hired Nia Roberts as art director, where she will be responsible for the cross portfolio design strategy. She will also develop the picture book list. Roberts is currently art director at Simon & Schuster where she has worked with authors and illustrators... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aaron Ozee, a prolific 18-year-old self published poet, offers his sometimes unorthodox methodology for becoming a bestselling author. The post Teenager’s 10 Steps To Become Successfully Self-Published appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster will be reprinting 10,000 copies of revered 'New York Times' critic and columnist David Carr's 2008 memoir following his death last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent reveals plan for abandoned third novel and dismisses manipulation claims as ‘nonsense’Harper Lee’s agent revealed on Thursday that To Kill a Mockingbird was originally intended to be the first of a three-book series, and described as “total nonsense” claims that the 88-year-old author was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has created a director of global digital and online sales role based in the US to apply a global approach to sales and marketing across its businesses worldwide. Colin Shields, who headed up the publishers’ digital sales, has been promoted to the newly created position of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a graphic novel by YouTuber Joe Sugg, the younger brother of Zoella. Senior editor Briony Gowlett bought world rights to the book from Lucy Lendrem at Gleam Futures. Sugg runs the ThatcherJoe YouTube channel, which has more than 3.6m subscribers, and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Australian opened its obituary for the country's bestselling author, Colleen McCullough, with this: “Plain of feature, and certainly overweight..." The post The Australian Insults Colleen McCullough in Obit, Inciting Ire appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The mother of murdered soldier Lee Rigby has written a book, to be published by Simon & Schuster. Senior commissioning editor Kerri Sharp bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Lee Rigby: A Mother’s Story by Lyn Rigby from Robert Smith of Robert Smith Literary Agency. Lee Rigby was killed in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling author has partnered with her local bookstore on a writer-in-residence program in Scottsdale, Ariz. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster in the US has launched a new literary fiction imprint called Scout Press. The list will launch with literary agent Bill Clegg’s debut novel Did You Ever Have a Family, set for release on 15th September this year. Scout Press will be part of the Gallery Books Group, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has launched a new literary fiction imprint called Scout Press, debuting it with the first novel by literary agent Bill Clegg. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Karyn Marcus is returning to Simon & Schuster as a senior editor, starting February 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After signing a book deal with Faber in December, YouTube blogger Louise Pentland, also known as Sprinkle of Glitter, has signed a second deal with Simon & Schuster UK. Abigail Bergstrom, commissioning editor of non-fiction at S&S, bought world rights to a “glitzy and personal”... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a major deal in the printing industry today, Quad/Graphics has reached an agreement to acquire Courier Corp. in a deal the companies valued at $260 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has made two appointments to its editorial team in Canada, while confirming the departure of two other staff members. Nita Pronovost will now be joining the Canada operation as editorial director from her position as senior editor at Doubleday where she built “an impressive... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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